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NEW YORK : 

JOHN P. WHARTON, PRINTER. 

196 Bleecker Street, 
1887. 



INTRODUCTION. 



THE game is calculated to excite the curiosity of one, 
while exercising the mind of the other, and to offer 
thereby a most agreeable recreation. 

It consists of a series nf seven chapters, headed by fancy de- 
nominations. Each chapter contains 118 numbers, up to 6,350, to 
which are affixed as many choice and recreative mottoes, sen- 
tences, etc. 

To play the game, one offers the pamphlet to another, with 
the invitation to select a number or motto from any of the chap- 
ters, and then acquaint the first party with the headings of all the 
chapters containing the same number or motto. The person thus 
informed will, through a simple and easy mental calculation and 
combination, find which is the solected number or motto. 

The game is so construed that the guessing party is enabled 
to foretell whether the consulting party has made any mistake in 
giving the headings of the chapters expected to contain the selected 
number or motto, simply by being authorized to peruse the pam- 
phlet. Moreso the guesser will say in how many chapters the 
number or motto is to be found, on being simply informed of the 
last figure of the number to be seeked for. 

In fact this game is not only entirely new and most surpris- 
ing, as well as interesting, but its key is not to be detected by the 
most apt and patient investigator. 

See key at the end of the pamphlet, which is to be carefully 
studied and torn out. 

Convinced of the agreeable pastime offered by a game com- 
possed for pastime-sake, in moments of sadness, I give it by best 
wishes of 

BON VOYAGE ET PROMPT SUCCES. 

ZA-ZA. 



LOVE 



155. He who seeketh trouble never missethit. 
255. Many friendships are like the shadow of a sun dial. 
455. If you wish to be loved, commence by loving. 
556. A man that is warned is half armed. 

656. The highest honors that the world can boast, are subjects 

far too low for my desires. 
757. Let not ambition mock your useful toil, your homely joys, 

and pleasant destiny. 
855. I love to steal awhile away, 

From every cumbering care, 
And spend the hour of setting day 
In the company of my dear. 
956. The loudest flames that earth can kindle are but nightly 
glow-worms, if compared to thee. 
1,056. What conscience dictates me to be done, I do. 
1.157. When shall I know the pleasant path of life ? 

1.256. Can gold calm passion or make reason shine ? 
Can we dig peace or wisdom from the mine ? 

1.357. The happy, only, are the truly great. 

1,457. In having all things, and not thee, what have I? 
1,558. Let me enjoy but thee, what further crave I ? 
1,655. I wish not sea, nor land, nor would I be 
Possessed of heaven, unpossessed of thee. 
1,756. Do they miss me at home, sweet home ? 
1,856. You are my soul's sweet morning star. 

1,957. With you heavens around me shine with beams of long 
life bliss. 

2,056. Neither steep ascent, nor roughness of the way 

Ever makes me halt, or turn my feet astray. 
2,157. To feel the touch of love, is to enter the kingdom of heaven. 

2.257. I long for home, sweet home. 

2.358. If rough and stormy be the way 

My strength is proportioned to the day. 



4 



2,456. Infinite grace ! Almighty charms ! 

Stand in amaze, ye rolling skies ! 
2,557. Nothing on earth I call my own, but * * * you know. 

2.657. Man has a soul of vast desires ; 
He burns within with restless fires. 

2.758. Tossed to and fro, man's passion fly, 
From vanity to vanity. 

2,857. With some folks deceit seems to be the sole business of 

their life. 
2,958. Do you love me ? 

3,058. Won't you give me a token of remembrance ? 

3,159. May we ever love each other as now. 

3,255. Without thy love to me wealth is bags of cares ; 

Wisdom, but folly ; joy, disquiet, sadness ; 

Friendship is treason, delight are snares ; 

Pleasures, pains, and mirth pleasing madness. 
3,356. Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance, rather 

than to seek for knowledge under false pretenses. 

3.456. Trust no lovely forms of passions ; fiends may look like 

angels bright. 

3.557. Virtuous and vicious every heart must be 
Few in the extreme, but all in a degree. 

3,656. A fool is better acquainted with his own business, than a 

wise man with the business of others. 
3,757. A fathom is six feet. 
3,857. A palm is three inches. 
3,958. The average human life is 31 years. 
4,056. A hurricane moves 80 miles per hour. 
4,157. A rifle ball moves 1,000 miles per hour. 
4,257- A moderate wind blows seven miles per hour. 
4,358. Sound moves 743 miles per hour. 

4.457. A storm blows 36 miles per hour. 

4.558. Electricity moves 288,000 miles j>er hour. 

4.658. Always take things by the smooth handle. 

4.759. Do people know what amount of heart nourishing elements 

that lies in kind words ? 
4,856. Happiness is not made up of one piece, be it fortune, glory 
or else, but of all little daily pleasures and comforts. 



5 



4,957. Let us lake a cheerful view of everything, and encourage 
hope. 

5.057. Little opportunities are often the morning beams of a new 

day. 

5.158. Be kind and indulgent to all. 

5,257. For every second of our life there are at least two of our 

brethren that departs for eternity. 
5,358. God from on high beholds our thoughts, 

His book records our secret faults. 
5,458. Love, only, can the couquest win. 

5,559. How happy is the lot of those who feel and inspire love. 
5,657. Life is but an empty dream. 

5,758. Thy beauty and loveliness awakes me from the slumber of 

dispondency to the bright day of love. 
5,858. Hope ! What an empty word, when fatality draws me day 

by day, as by facination, to deceptions and sorrows. 
5,959. From hope to hope we go through life till grief becomes 

less burdensome than hope itself. 

6.058. To the banquet of life, unfortunate guest, I sit awhile, mean- 

time hurried to the grave where no cherished one shall 
weep. 

6.159. Hast thy path of existence grown dim? 

Obscured by the shadow of woe, 
Oh ! think of the sorrows of Him 
Who had but afflictions below. 
6,259. O, Poverty ! where is thy wrong, 

And why art thou scorned on earth, 
Since He, or Him, to whom all things belong, 
Has bid thee preside over his birth. 
6,350. What word so dark, so sad, as the last word of a friend: 
Farewell ! 



6 

FAITH 



35. He had need rise betimes who would please everybody. 
55. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 
76. Every age confutes old errors and begets new. 
95. Those that are the loudest in their threats, are the weakest 
in the execution of them. 
116. What is bought is cheaper than a gift. 

136. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of 
weak ones. 

155. He who seeketh trouble never misseth it. 

157. Labor is the great element of society, the great substantial 

interest on which we all stand. 
175. Kiss me quick and go. 

196. The past has fled, the future holds perhaps a sweet relief 

for pain and toil. 
216. Beauty, less than amiability, inspires true and profound 

passion. 

237. There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy. 

256. No wind can do him any good who steers for no port. 

277. A fine cage won't feed the bird. 

297. When there is no wind every man is a pilot. 

318. He that stumbles and falls not, becomes experienced. 

335. He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. 

356. He is not a wise man who can not play the fool on occasion. 

376. He gains much who loses a vain hope. 

397. Look with suspicion on the flight of an enemy. 

416. Everybody knows good counsel except him that has need of it. 

437. One sword keeps another in the sheath. 

457. Misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of 

friends upon them. 
478. Wit is folly, unless a wise man hath the keeping of it. 
496. The next thing to having wisdom, is to profit by that of others. 
517. No one is a fool always ; everyone sometimes. 
537. He that does you wrong will never forgive you. 



7 



556. A man that is warned is half armed. 
558. Oh ! where is bliss to be found ? 
577. The worth of a thing is best kend by the want of it. 
598. The liar laugheth in sorrow, he weepeth in joy. 
618. From the cradle to the grave life is but one unbroken chain 
of struggles. 

639. When, as the dove, shall I have my nest and mate ? 

757. Let not ambition mock your useful toil, your homely joys, 

and pleasant destiny. 
956. The loudest flames that earth can kindle are but nightly 

glow-worms, if compared to thee. 
1.157. When shall I know the pleasant path of life ? 

1.357. The happy, only, are the truly great. 

1,558. Let me enjoy but thee, what further crave I ? 

1.756. Do they miss me at home, sweet home ? 

1.957. With you heavens around me shine with beams of long 

life bliss. 

2,157. To feel the touch of love, is to enter the kingdom of heaven. 

2.358. If rough and stormy be the way 

My strength is proportioned to the day. 
2,557. Nothing on earth I call my own, but * * * you know. 

2.758. Tossed to and fro, man's passion fly, 
From vanity to vanity. 

2.958. Do you love me ? 

3,159. May we ever love each other as now. 

3,356. Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance, rather 
than to seek for knowledge under false pretenses. 

3.557. Virtuous and vicious every heart must be 
Few in the extreme, but all in a degree. 

3.757. A fathom is six feet. 

3,958. The average human life is 31 years. 
4,157. A rifle ball moves 1,000 miles per hour. 
4,358. Sound moves 743 miles per hour. 

4.558. Electricity moves 288,000 miles per hour. 

4.759. Do people know what amount of heart nourishing elements 

that lies in kind words ? 
4,957. Let us take a cheerful view of everything, and encourage 
hope. 



8 



5.158, Be kind and indulgent to all. 

5,358. God from on high beholds our thoughts, 

His book records our secret faults. 
5,559. How happy is the lot of those who feel and inspire love. 
5,758. Thy beauty and loveliness awakes me from the slumber of 

dispondency to the brigiht day of love. 
5,959. From hope to hope we go through life till grief becomes 

less burdensome than hope itself. 

6.159. Hast thy path of existence grown dim, 

Obscured by the shadow of woe, 
Oh ! think of the sorrows of Him 
Who had but afflictions below. 
6,350. What word so dark, so sad as the last word of a friend : 
Farewell ! 



9 



6 



COURAGE. 



35. He had need rise betimes who would please everybody. 

65. No estate can make him rich that has a poor heart. 

76. Every age confutes old errors and begets new. 
105. He that cheats me once, shame fall him ; if he cheats me 

twice, shame fall me. 
116. What is bought is cheaper than a gift. . 
146. He who revealeth his secret maketh himself a slave. 
157. Labor is the great element of society, the great substantial 

interest on which we all stand. 
185. When evening shadows gently fall, 
When day recalls its rosy beams, 
At eventide, my love beside 

I sit, and dream my sweetest dreams. 
196. Teh past has fled, the future holds perhaps a sweet relief 

for pain and toil. 
226, It will not do to keep holidays before they come. 
237. There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy. 
255. Many friendships are like the shadow of a sun dial. 
266. There are toys for all ages. 
277. A fine cage won't feed the bird. 
307. One fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. 
318. He that stumbles and falls not, becomes experienced. 
345. He that would long be an old man must begin betimes. 
356. He is not a wise man who can not play the fool on occasion. 
386. One ounce of discretion is better than a pound of knowledge. 
397. Look with suspicion on the flight of an enemy. 
426. He laughs at scars who never felt a wound. 
437. One sword keeps another in the sheath. 
467. A single fact is worth a ship load of argument. 
478. Wit is folly, unless a wise man hath the keeping of it. 
506. Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. 
517. No one is a fool always ; everyone sometimes. 
547. If an ass goes traveling, he will not come home a horse. 



10 



558. Oh ! where is bliss to be found ? 

587. It is a degrading thing to be a tool, in other words, to have 

another man to think for you. 
598. The liar laugheth in sorrow, he weepeth in joy. 
628. Hate evil, but love and shun evil doers. 
639. When, as the dove, shall I have my nest and mate ? 
656. The highest honors that the world can boast, are subjects 

far too low for my desires. 
757. Let not ambition mock your useful toil, your homely joys, 
and pleasant destiny. 
1,056. What conscience dictates me to be done, I do. 
1.157. When shall I know the pleasant path of life. 
1,457. In having all things, and not thee, what have I? 
1,558. Let me enjoy but thee, what further crave I ? 

1.856. You are my soul's sweet morning star. 

1.957. With you heavens around me shine with beams of long 

life bliss. 

2,257. I long for home, sweet home. 
2,358. If rough and stormy be the way 

My strength is proportioned to the day. 

2.657. Man has a soul of vast desires ; 
He burns within with restless iires. 

2.758. Tossed to and fro, man's passion fly, 
From vanity to vanity. 

3,058. Won't you give me a token of remembrance ? 
3,159. May we ever love each other as now. 

3,456. Trust no lovely forms of passions ; fiends may look like 

angels bright. 
3,557. Virtuous and vicious every heart must be 
Few in the extreme, but all in a degree. 

3.857. A palm is three inches. 

3.958. The average human life is 31 years. 

4,257- A moderate wind blows* seven miles per hour. 
4,358. Sound moves 743 mile per hour. 

4.658. Always take things by the smooth handle. 

4.759. Do people know what amount of heart nourishing elements 

that lies in kind words ? 



11 



5.057. Little opportunities are often the morning beams of a new 
day. 

5,158. Be kind and indulgent to all. 
5,458. Love, only, can the couquest win. 

5,559. How happy is the lot of those who feel and inspire love. 
5,858. Hope ! What an empty word, when fatality draws me day 

by day, as by f acination, to deceptions and sorrows. 
5,959. From hope to hope we go through life till grief becomes 

less burdensome than hope itself. 
6,259. O, Poverty ! where is thy wrong, 

And why art thou scorned on earth, 

Since He, or Him to whom all things belong, 
Has bid thee preside over his birth. 
6,350. What word so dark, so sad, as the last word of a friend : 

Farewell ! 



12 



\ 



PERSEVERANCE. 



55. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 

65. No estate can make him rich that has a poor heart. 

76. Every age confutes old errors and begets new. 
125. It is a great point of wisdom to find out one's own folly. 
136. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the, end and aim of 
weak ones. 

146. He who revealeth his secret maketh himself a slave. 

157. Labor is the great element of society, the great substantial 

interest on which we all stand. 
205. Never forget this difinition of a secret : Enough for one, 

too much for two, and nothing at all for three. 
216. Beauty, less than amiability, inspires true and profound 

passion. \ 
226. It will not do to keep holidays before they come. 
237. There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy. 
286. Better be envied than pitied. 
297. When there is no wind every man is a pilot. 
307. One fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. 
318. He that stumbles and falls not, becomes experienced. 
365. He pays dear for honey who licks it off thorns. 
376. He gains much who loses a vain hope. 

386. One ounce of discretion is better than a pound of knowledge. 

397. Look with suspicion on the flight of an enemy. 

446. Everybody must wear out one pair of fool's shoes at least. 

455. If you wish to be loved, commence by loving. 

457. Misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of 

friends upon them. 
467. A single fact is worth a ship load of argument. 
478. Wit is folly, unless a wise man hath the keeping of it. 
526. Every man's tale is good, till another's be told. 
537. He that does you wrong will never forgive you. 
547. If an ass goes traveling, he will not come home a horse. 
556. A man that is warned is half armed. 



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. Oh ! where is bliss to be found ? 
618. From the cradle to the grave, life is but one unbroken chain 

of struggles. 
628. Hate evil, but love and shun evil doers. 
639. When, as the dove, shall I have my nest and mate. 
656. The highest honors that the world can boast, are subjects 

far too low for my desires. 
757. Let not ambition mock your useful toil, your homely joys, 
and pleasant destiny. 

1.256. Can gold calm passion or make reason shine ? 
Can we dig peace or wisdom from the mine ? 

1.357. The happy, only, are the truly great. 

1,457. In having all things, and not thee, what have I? 
1,558. Let me enjoy but thee, what further crave I ? 
2,056. Neither steep ascent, nor roughness of the way 

Ever makes me halt, or turn my feet astray. 
2,157. To feel the touch of love, is to enter the kingdom of heaven. 

2.257. I long for home, sweet home. 

2.358. If rough and stormy be the way 

My strength is proportioned to the day. 
2,857. With some folks deceit seems to be the sole business of 

their life. 
2,958. Do you love me ? 

3,058. Won't you give me a token of remembrance ? 
3,159. May we ever love each other as now. 

3,656. A fool is better acquainted with his own business, than a 

wise man with the business of others. 
3,757. A fathom is six feet. 
3,857. A palm is three inches. 
3,958. The averge human life is 31 years. 
4,457. A storm blows 36 miles per hour. 
4,558. Electricity moves 288,000 miles per hour. 
4,658. Always take things by the smooth handle. 
4,759. Do people know what amount of heart nourishing elements 

that lies in kind words ? 
5,257. For every second of our life there are at least two of our 

brethren that departs for eternity. 



14 

5,358. God from on high beholds our thoughts, 

His book records our secret faults. 
5,458. Love, only, can the conquest win. 

5,559. How happy is the lot of those who feel and inspire love. 

6,058. To the banquet of life, unfortunate guest, I sit awhile, mean- 
time hurried to the grave where no cherished one shall 
weep. 

6,159. Hast thy path of existence grown dim? 
Obscured by the shadow of woe, 
Oh ! think of the sorrows of Him 
Who had but affliction below. 
6,259. Oh, Poverty ! where is thy wrong, 

And why art thou scorned on earth, j 
Since He, to whom all things belong, 
Has bid thee preside over his birth. 
6,350. What word so dark, so sad as the last word of a friend : 
Farewell ! 



15 

MODERATION. 



95. Those that are the loudest in their threats, are the weakest 

in the execution of them. 
105. He that cheats nie once, shame fall him ; if he cheats me 

twice, shame fall me. 
116. What is bought is cheaper than a gift. 
125. It is a great point of wisdom to find out one's own folly. 
136. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim o 

weak ones. 

146. He who revealeth his secret maketh himself a slave. 

157. Labor is the great element of society, the great substantial 

interest on which we all stand. 
245. Nothing is done while something remains undone. 
256. No wind can do him any good who steers for no port. 
266. There are toys for all ages. 
277. A fine cage won't feed the bird. 
286. Better be envied than pitied. 
297. When there is no wind every man is a pilot. 
307. One fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. 
318. He that stumbles and falls not, becomes experienced. 
405. To change and to better are two different things. 
416. Everybody knows good counsel except him that has need of it. 
426. He laughs at scars who never felt a wound. 
437. One sword keeps another in the sheath. 
446. Everybody must wear out one pair of fool's shoes at least. 
457. Misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of 

friends upon them. 
467. A single fact is worth a ship load of argument. 
478. Wit is folly, unless a wise man hath the keeping of it. 
566. Courtesy is cumbersome to them that ken it not. 
577. The worth of a thing is best kend by the want of it. 
587. It is a degrading thing to be a tool, in other words, to have 

another man to think for you. 
598. The liar laugheth in sorrow* he wcepeth in joy. 



618. From the cradle to the grave, life is but one unbroken chain 

of struggles. 
628. Hate evil/ but love and shun evil doers. 
639. When, as the dove, shall I have my nest and mate. 

5. I love to steal awhile away, 
From every cumbering care, 

And spend the hour of setting day 
In the company of my dear. 

6. The loudest flames that earth can kindle are but nightly 
glow-worms, if compared to thee. 

1,056. What conscience dictates me to be done, I do. 
1.157. When shall I know the pleasant path of life ? 
1,256. Can gold calm passion or make reason shine ? 
Can we dig peace or wisdom from 1 the mine? 

1.357. The happy, only, are the truly great. 

1,457. In having all things, and not thee, what have I? 
1,558. Let me enjoy but thee, what further crave I ? 

2.456. Infinite grace ! Almighty charms ! 
Stand in amaze, ye rolling skies ! 

2.557. Nothing on earth I call my own but * * v * y 0ll know. 

2.657. Man has a soul of vast desires ; 
He burns within with restless fires. 

2.758. Tossed to and fro, man's passion fly, 
From vanity to vanity. 

2,857. With some folks deceit seems to be the sole business of 

their life. 
2,958. Do you love me ? 

3,058. Won't you give me a token of remembrance ? 
3,159. May we ever love each other as now. 
4,056. A hurricane moves 80 miles per hour. 
4,157. A rifle ball moves 1,000 miles per hour. 
4,257- A moderate wind blows seven miles per hour. 

4.358. Sound moves 743 mile per hour. 

4.457. A storm blows 36 miles per hour. 

4.558. Electricity moves 288,000 miles per hour. 

4.658. Always take things by the smooth handle. 

4.759. Do people know what amount of heart nourishing elements 

that lies in kind words. 



17 



5 ,'65 7. Life is but an empty dream. 

5,758. Thy beauty and loveliness awakes me from the slumber of 
dispondency to the bright day of love. 

5,858. Hope ! What an empty word, when fatality draws me day 
by day, as by facination, to deceptions and sorrows. 

5,959. From hope to hope we go through life till grief becomes 
less burdensome than hope itself. 

6,058. To the banquet of life, unfortunate guest, I sit awhile, mean- 
time hurried to the grave where no cherished one shall 
weep. 

6,159. Hast thy path of existence grown dim ? 
Obscured by the shadow of woe, 
Oh ! think of the sorrows of Him 
Who had but afflictions below. 
6,259. O, Poverty ! where is thy wrong, 

And why art thou scorned on earth, 
Since He, or Him to whom all things belong, 
Has bid thee preside over his birth. 
6,350. What word so dark, so sad, as the last word of a friend: 
Farewell ! 



18 



DIGNITY. 



175. Kiss me quick and go. 
185. When evening shadows gently fall, 
When day recalls its rosy beams, 

At eventide, my love beside 

I sit, and dream my sweetest dreams. 
196. -The past has fled, the future holds perhaps a sweet relief 

for pain and toil. 
205. Never forget this difinition of a secret : Enough for one, 

too much for two, and nothing at all for three. 
216. Beauty, less than amiability, inspires true and profound 

passion. 

226, It will not do to keep holidays before they come. 
237. There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy. 
245. Nothing is done while something remains undone. 
256. No wind can do him any good who steers for no port. 
266. There are toys for all ages. 
277. A fine cage won't feed the bird. 
286. Better be envied than pitied. 
297. When there is no wind every man is a pilot. 
307. One fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. 
318. He that stumbles and falls not, becomes experienced. 
485. To despise the riches of others, is not the same as to despise 
riches. 

496. The next thing to having wisdom, is to profit by that of others. 

506. Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. 

517. No one is a fool always ; everyone sometimes. 

526. Every man's tale is good, till another's be told. 

537. He that does you wrong will never forgive you. 

547. If an ass goes traveling, he will not come home a horse. 

558. Oh ! where is bliss to be found ? 

566. Courtesy is cumbersome to them that ken it not. 

577. The worth of a thing is best kend by the want of it. 



10 



587. It is a degrading thing to be a tool, in other words, to have 

another man to think for you. 
598. The liar laugheth in sorrow, he weepeth in joy. 
618. From the cradle to the grave, life is but one unbroken chain 

of struggles. 
628. Hate evil, but love and shun evil doers. 
639. When, as the dove, shall I have my nest and mate. 
1,655. I wish not sea, nor land, nor would I be 
Possessed of heaven, unpossessed of thee. 
1,756. Do they miss me at home, sweet home ? 

1.856. You are my soul's sweet morning star. 

1.957. With you heavens around me shine with beams of long 

life bliss. 

2.056. Neither steep ascent, nor roughness of -the way 
Ever makes me halt, or turn my feet astray. 

2.157. To feel the touch of love, is to enter the kingdom of heaven. 
2,257. I long for home, sweet home. 

2,358. If rough and stormy be the way 

My strength is proportioned to the day. 
2,456. Infinite grace ! Almighty charms ! 

Stand in amaze, ye rolling skies ! 
2,557. Nothing on earth I call my own, but * * * you know. 
2,657. Man has a soul of vast desires ; 

He burns within with restless fires. 
2,758. Tossed to and fro, man's passion fly, 

From vanity to vanity. 

2.857. VVith some folks deceit seems to be the sole business of 
their life. 

2.958. Do you love me ? 

3,058. Won't you give me a token of remembrance ? 
3,159. May we ever love each other as now. 

4,856. Happiness is not made up of one piece, be it fortune, glory 
or else, but of all little daily pleasures and comforts. 

4,957. Let us take a cheerful view of everything, and encourage 
hope. 

5.057. Little opportunities are often the morning beams of a new 

day. 

5.158. .Be kind and indulgent to all. 



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5,25V. For every second of our life there are at least two of our 

brethren that departs for eternity. 
5,358. God from on high beholds our thoughts, 

His book records oursecret faults. 
5,458. Love, only, can the conquest win. 

5,559. How happy is the lot of those who feel and inspire love. 
5,657. Life is but an empty dream. 

5,758. Thy beauty and loveliness awakes me from the slumber of 
dispondency to the brigiht day of love. 

5,858. Hope ! What an empty word, when fatality draws me day 
by day, as by facination. to deceptions and sorrows. 

5,959. From hope to hope we go through life till grief becomes 
less burdensome than hope itself. 

6,058. To the banquet of life, unfortunate guest I sit awhile, mean- 
time hurried to the grave where no cherished one shall 
weep. 

6,159. Hast thy path of existence grown dim, 
Obscured by the shadow of woe, 
Oh ! think of the sorrows of Him 
Who had but afflictions below. 
6,259. Oh, Poverty ! where is thy wrong, 

And why art thou scorned on earth, 
Since He, or him to whom all things belong, 
Has bid thee preside over his birth. 
6,350. What word so dark, so sad, as the last word of a friend : 
Farewell ! 




TO THE 

PARLOR'S * PUZZLE, 

OR 




NO TICE. — It is by inadvertence? that it is said in the Intro- 
duction that each chapter contains 118 numbers and mottoes. 
There are 118 numbers and mottoes in the whole game, but spread 
about in the seven chapters by a peculiar system of progression. 
Each chapter contains 62 numbers and mottoes. 



The heading of each of the chapters represent a special num- 
ber, which is to be learnt by heart; viz : 

Love, 1; Faith, 2.; Courage, 4 ; Perseverance, 8; Moderation, 
1(5 ; Dignity, 32 ; Felicity, 04. 

Therefore when a heading is given, the guesser understands it 
to be the number corresponding to it, as above. 

To find a chosen number or motto, sum up the numbers as- 
similated to the headings given you. Take half of the sura; place 
to the end of this half (should it be an entire number, that is to 
say, having no fraction) the figure representing 3 pins the number 
of chapters containing the chosen motto, and you have, thereby, 
the number prefixed to the seeked-for sentence. 

Example : — Eliza has chosen a motto, which is to be found 
only in Faith, which represents 2, and in Dignity, which corres- 
ponds to 32, I sum up these numbers and obtain 34, I take half, 
which is 17, I place to the end of this 17 the figure representing 3 
plus the number of chapters given me, 2 of them, Faith and Dig- 
nity, which makes 5, and through this combination I have the 
number 175, which is the one prefixed to the chosen motto. 



Should the half prove to be a fractionary number, that is to 
say, having a fraction, substitute to the fraction the decimal half, 
or figure 5, in other words, insert the figure 5 in the place of the 
fraction at the end of the entire number, and continue as in the 
first case. 

Example : — Louisa has chosen a motto to be found solely in 

Chapter Love, corresponding to 1 

Faith, ' ; '\ •• 2 

« Perseverance " . ; " • ■'■ vjv \ . 8 
" Dignity, 



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I sum up, and obtain. 

I take the half, which is • 21 i 

In the place of the fraction i, and at the end of 21, 

I place the figure 5, making, up to now. . 215 

Continuing, as in the first case, I place at the end 
of this 215 the figure representing 3 plus the 
number of chapters given me (four of them) 
which makes 7, and I obtain the number. . 2,157 
to which is affixed the chosen and seeked- 
f or motto. 

To foretell whether the consulting party has made any mistak' 
in giving the headings, let the guesser peruse the chapters, and i 
tim number resulting from his calculation and combination (whici 
is expected to be correct) is not to be found in all the given chap 
ters, or, again, is found not only in them, but also in some of tin 
others, there is surely a mistake made in the selection of tin 
chapters. 

To tell in how many chapters the motto is to be found, let th 
selector inform you of the last figure of the number prefixed to th 
motto ; from that figure deduct 3, and the balance indicates in ho\ 
many chapters the number and its motto is inscribed. 

Apparently complicated, the Key is, nevertheless simple, ai 
easily mastered by a little practice, while remaining undetectabl 
by anyone not having a, full knowledge of it. 



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FELICITY. 



335. He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. 

345. He that would long be an old man must begin betimes. 

356. He is not a wise man who can not play the fool on occasion. 

365. He pays dear for honey who licks it off thorns. 

376. He gains much who loses a vain hope. 

386. One ounce of discretion is better than a pound of knowledge. 

397. Look with suspicion on the flight of an enemy. 

405. To change and to better are two different things. 

416. Everybody knows good counsel except him that has need of it. 

426. IJe laughs at scars who never felt a wound. 

437. One sword keeps another in the sheath. 

446. Everybody must wear out one pair of fool's shoes at least. 

457. Misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of 

friends upon them. 

467. A single fact is worth a ship load of argument. 

478. Wit is folly, unless a wise man hath the keeping of it. 

485. To despise the riches of others, is not the same as to despise 

riches. 

496. The next thing to having wisdom, is to profit by that of others. 

506. Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. 

517. No one is a fool always ; everyone sometimes. 

526. Every man's tale is good, till another's be told. 

537. He that does you wrong will never forgive you. 

547. If an ass goes traveling, he will not come home a horse. 

558. Oh ! where is bliss to be found ? 

566. Courtesy is cumbersome to them that ken it not. 

577. The worth of a thing is best kend by the want of it. 

587. It is a degrading thing to be a tool, in other words, to have 

another man to think for you. 

598. The liar laugheth in sorrow, he weepeth in joy. 

618. From the cradle to the grave life is but one unbroken chain 

of struggles. 

628. Hate evil, but love and shun evil doers. 



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639. When, as the dove, shall I have my nest and mate. 
3,255. Without thy love to me wealth is bags of cares ; 
Wisdom, but folly ; joy, disquiet, sadness ; 
Friendship is treason, delight are snares ; 
Pleasures, pains, and mirth pleasing madness. 
3,356. Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance, rather 
than to seek for knowledge under false pretenses. 

3.456. Trust no lovely forms of passions ; fiends may look like 

angels bright. 

3.557. Virtuous and vicious every heart must be 
Few in the extreme, but all in a degree. 

3,656. A fool is better acquainted with his own business than a 

wise man with busines of others. 
3,757. A fathom is six feet. 
3,857. A palm is three inches. 
3,958. The average human life is 31 years. 

4.056. A hurricane moves 80 miles per hour. 

4.157. A rifle ball moves 1,000 miles per hour. 
4,257- A moderate wind blows seven miles per hour. 
4,358. Sound moves 743 miles per hour. 

4.457. A storm blows 36 miles per hour. 

4.558. Electricity moves 288,000 miles per hour. 
4,658. Always take things by the smooth handle. 

4,759. Do people know what amount of heart nourishing elements 

that lies in kind words. 
4,856. Happiness is not made up of one piece, be it fortune, glory 

or else, but of all little daily pleasures and comforts. 
4,957. Let us take a cheerful view of everything, and encourage 

hope. 

5.057. Little opportunities are often the morning beams of a new 

day. 

5.158, Be kind and indulgent to all. 

5,257. For every second of our life there are at least two of our 

brethren that departs for eternity. 
5,358. God from on high beholds our thoughts, 

His book records our secret faults. 

5.458. Love, only, can the couquest win. 

5.559. How happy is the lot of those who feel and inspire love. 



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5,657. Life is but an empty dream. 

5,758. Thy beauty and loveliness awakes me from the slumber of 
dispondency to the brigiht day of love. 

5,858. Hope ! What an empty word, when fatality draws me day 
by day, as by facination. to deceptions and sorrows. 

5,959. From hope to hope we go through life till grief becomes 
less burdensome than hope itself. 

6,058. To the banquet of life, unfortunate guest I sit awhile, mean- 
time hurried to the grave where no cherished one shall 
weep. 

6,159. Hast thy path of existence grown dim, 
Obscured by the shadow of woe, 
Oh ! think of the sorrows of Him 
Who had but afflictions below. 
6,259. Oh, Poverty ! where is thy wrong, 

And why art thou scorned on earth, 
Since He, or him to whom all things belong, 
Has bid thee preside over his birth. 
6,350. What word so dark, so sad, as the last word of a friend : 
Farewell ! 



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